Netherlands 1903 25 cents

Steve Album sale 54, lot 2826

This specimen was lot 2826 in Steve Album Auction 54 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2026), where it sold for $105. The catalog description^[1] noted, "NETHERLANDS: Wilhelmina, 1890-1948, AR 25 cents, 1903, an attractive example, PCGS graded MS62." This type, struck 1898-1906, features the "coronation head" of queen Wilhelmina. On her coronation in 1898, the regency ended and she assumed full powers of the throne. This bust was used on all the silver and gold denominations from the ten cents to the ten gulden.

Recorded mintage: 1,200,000.

Specification: 3.57 g, 0.640 fine silver, 19 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM-120.2, Sch-856.

Source:

• Peters, T., J. Scheper and J. Mevius, Muntalmanak 2018, 35^e editie, Amsterdam: Nederlandse vereniging van munthandelaren, 2017.
• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• ^[1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Hanbing Feng, Auction 54, featuring selections from the Kenneth A. Bovenkamp Collection of Ottoman Coins, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2025.

Link to:

• 1902 25 cents
• 1903 ½ cent
• 1903 10 cents
• 1903 ducat
• 1904 25 cents
• On the decimal coinage of the Netherlands
• Coins and currency dated 1903